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  1. Indeed, they were widely known as the "Vagabonds" clearly intended to conjure #Jacob #FDR #DalaiLama #GeorgeWBush and his spirit #Vega and were sometimes joined by a fourth member #JohnBurroughs identified as former Australian PM #BobHawke who famously said that any boss who sacked a worker for not turning up to work because they were celebrating the country winning the America's Cup (with their secret "Winged Keel") was a "bum"

    While significant, we now see that the "Hopper" connection is also

  2. Indeed, they were widely known as the "Vagabonds" clearly intended to conjure #Jacob #FDR #DalaiLama #GeorgeWBush and his spirit #Vega and were sometimes joined by a fourth member #JohnBurroughs identified as former Australian PM #BobHawke who famously said that any boss who sacked a worker for not turning up to work because they were celebrating the country winning the America's Cup (with their secret "Winged Keel") was a "bum"

    While significant, we now see that the "Hopper" connection is also

  3. Andreas Dresen – „Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush“ (2022)

    Ein junger Mann aus Bremen wird nach 9/11 aus Pakistan in das illegale US-Lager nach Guantánamo verschleppt. Für ihn gibt es keinen Prozess, statt dessen erlebt er Folter und Isolation. Sein einziges Verbrechen: Er wurde geboren in Deutschland, ist Muslim und war zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort. Während die Welt noch diskutiert, ob der „Krieg gegen den Terror“ überhaupt zu gewinnen ist, kämpft Rabiye Kurnaz, seine Mutter, für das Offensichtliche: Dass ihr Sohn Murat ein Mensch ist und Rechte hat. Ein besonderer Film von Andreas Dresen. (ARD, Wh.)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  4. Gavin Hood – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

    Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  5. Die Ausbreitung der Überwachung

    Trump ist kein Unfall, sondern die logische Konsequenz eines längeren Prozesses. Es zeigt aber auch, wohin uns dieser Weg führen wird. […]

    kaffeeringe.de/2026/03/30/die-

  6. Andreas Dresen – „Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush“ (2022)

    Ein junger Mann aus Bremen wird nach 9/11 aus Pakistan in das illegale US-Lager nach Guantánamo verschleppt. Kein Prozess, statt dessen Folter und Isolation. Sein einziges Verbrechen: Er wurde geboren in Deutschland, ist Muslim und war zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort. Während die Welt noch diskutiert hat, ob der „Krieg gegen den Terror“ überhaupt zu gewinnen ist, kämpft Rabiye Kurnaz, seine Mutter, für das Offensichtliche: Dass ihr Sohn Murat ein Mensch ist und Rechte hat. Ein Film von Andreas Dresen. (ARD, Wh.)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  7. Scott Z. Burns – „The Report“ (2019)

    Folter ist ein System. Und das wird hier mit kühler Präzision seziert. Scott Z. Burns rekonstruiert die jahrelange Recherche des US-Senatsmitarbeiters Daniel J. Jones zur systematischen Anwendung sogenannter „Enhanced Interrogation Techniques“ durch die CIA nach 9/11. Und was dabei sichtbar wird, ist weniger das Monster im Verhörraum als die institutionelle Architektur seiner Legitimation. Mit Adam Driver, Annette Bening und Jon Hamm. (ARD, Free-TV-Premiere)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  8. Gavin Hood – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

    Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, Wh.)

    Zum Blog: nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/
  9. Keira Knightley – „Official Secrets“ (2019)

    Ein wichtiger Film, denn: „Das erste Opfer des Krieges ist immer die Wahrheit.“ – Und wer, sich traut sie auszusprechen, wird bekämpft. Mit Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes und Rhys Ifans. (ZDF, WH)

  10. Andreas Dresen – „Rabiye Kurnaz gegen George W. Bush“ (2022)

    Ein junger Mann aus Bremen wird nach 9/11 aus Pakistan in das illegale US-Lager nach Guantánamo verschleppt. Kein Prozess, statt dessen Folter und Isolation. Sein einziges Verbrechen: Er wurde geboren in Deutschland, ist muslimisch und war zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort. Während die Welt noch diskutiert hat, ob der „Krieg gegen den Terror“ überhaupt zu gewinnen ist, hat Rabiye Kurnaz, seine Mutter, für das Offensichtliche gekämpft: Dass ihr Sohn Murat ein Mensch ist und ebensolche Rechte hat. (ARD)

  11. From 2014... How #USEvangelicals Fueled the Rise of #Russia’s ‘#ProFamily’ Right

    An alliance is born between #AntiGay, #AntiAbortion American groups and the #RussianOrthodoxChurch

    by Adam Federman, January 7, 2014

    Long excerpt [pay attention to the names named!] :

    "This rising #Russian social #conservative movement frequently invokes the argument that #ProGay and #WomensRights groups are puppets of the West, which is seeking to undermine Russian autonomy and interfere in the country’s internal affairs. At an annual meeting of journalists and academics presided over by Vladimir #Putin in Valdai in September, the Russian president said that European countries had strayed from their roots by legalizing #GayMarriage. He urged Russians to embrace the conservative values of the #OrthodoxChurch and other traditional religions and issued a warning to those who might want to challenge those values. 'Russia’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity are unconditional—these are red lines no one is allowed to cross,' he declared.

    "Several #LGBT rights groups have been targeted under another new law, which requires any nongovernmental organization that receives funding from other countries for political activities to register as a '#ForeignAgent.' Failure to do so can lead to investigations, legal action or crippling fines. The implication is that these groups are not only agents of the West but also out of touch with everyday Russians.

    "The irony is that it is the new conservative vanguard—anti-gay, anti-abortion and pro–'#TraditionalFamily'—that has most successfully cultivated the West’s financial and institutional support. Scott Lively, an extreme anti-gay campaigner, all but took credit for the new law, calling it 'one of the proudest achievements of my career,' while #BrianBrown, president of the #NationalOrganizationForMarriage, visited Moscow with much fanfare just before the new law was passed. But the language of Russia’s anti-gay and anti-abortion movement seems to borrow most heavily from mainstream evangelicals and conservative politicians in the United States and Europe. Referring to the anti-abortion bill passed in 2011, Lyubov Erofeeva, executive director of the Russian Association for Population and Development, a women’s advocacy group, said: 'It was 100 percent clear that everything was copied from the experience of American #fundamentalists and conservative circles of several European countries where #abortion is forbidden or restricted severely.'

    "The church’s close ties with American evangelicals reflect a shift in policy. For much of the post-Soviet period, the Russian Orthodox Church held evangelical denominations at arm’s length, fearing that they would compete for influence within Russia. But as the church has consolidated its power, it has come to view the evangelical community as a partner. 'The #ROC realizes that the evangelical denominations are not their opponents but rather their allies in the relations between the church and the secular population,' says Olga Kazmina, a professor of ethnology at Moscow State University.

    " 'It’s a re-envisioned paradigm,' says Father #LeonidKishkovsky, head of the Orthodox Church in America’s Department of External Affairs. In many ways, it makes sense, he adds: both religious groups share an ideological commitment and have grown disillusioned with the way mainline churches have dealt with issues like gay marriage and abortion. 'But what I’m quite nervous about is the ideological core which actually motivates both sides,' Kishkovsky says. 'Where is the motivating force? Is it in faith? Or is it in political ideology?'

    "The Russian Orthodox Church’s chief emissary to the US evangelical community is #HilarionAlfeyev, a high-ranking bishop and chairman of the powerful Department of External Church Relations (the position previously held by #PatriarchKirill). In February 2011, the 47-year-old Alfeyev traveled to Washington, where he met with prominent evangelical and 'pro-family' leaders; and then to Dallas, where he addressed thousands of members of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church and emphasized the importance of 'creat[ing] new alliances,' especially around issues of marriage, abortion and the family. Alfeyev also visited the #DallasTheologicalSeminary and had an hour-long meeting with #GeorgeWBush.

    "The trip to Dallas grew out of an increasingly close friendship between church leaders and a small circle of American and European Christian businessmen in Moscow. Alfeyev’s visit was organized by #JerryFullinwider, an #OilExecutive and elder of the #HighlandParkChurch who, until recently, had business interests in Russia. Fullinwider, a member of the #KochBrothers’ circle of major donors—those who have given more than $1 million to #Koch-related causes—met Alfeyev through his friend Bob Foresman, head of #Barclays Capital in Russia. This select group of businessmen has unusual access to Alfeyev. In an interview for this article, Fullinwider described having dinner at Alfeyev’s private residence on a recent trip to Moscow. 'He’s a real busy guy,' says Fullinwider. 'He’s very, very hard to get in touch with unless you have a special number and you know the main guy who handles him, who’s a good friend of mine.'

    "Alfeyev’s first trip to the United States paved the way for others, and in October 2012 he delivered a lecture at Villanova University, where he received an honorary degree and paid a visit to the Milwaukee-based #LyndeAndHarryBradleyFoundation. One of the largest donor organizations of its kind in the United States, the #BradleyFoundation, with more than $600 million in assets, is known for its contributions to US conservative groups like the #HeritageFoundation and the #HeartlandInstitute. But its charity isn’t limited to home: over the last four years, the foundation has given $750,000 to the St. Gregory the Theologian Charity Foundation in Moscow, a new educational and cultural initiative founded in 2009 by Alfeyev, Russian #billionaire and pharmaceutical magnate #VadimYakunin, and #LeonidSevastianov, a 35-year-old international business consultant and head of Stratinvest.ru, a consulting and public relations firm. In 2009, through Alfeyev’s charity, the Bradley Foundation donated $150,000 to support the 'Day of the Family,' a recently created Russian holiday honoring faith and fidelity. The annual event has been championed by #SvetlanaMedvedeva, wife of Prime Minister #DmitriMedvedev, a staunch #AntiAbortion advocate.

    “We want to promote the idea of the unity between the West and Russia on the basis of common Christian roots,” Sevastianov told Inside the Vatican magazine in 2009. “We believe in this alliance among traditional Christian countries…and we believe that, with a united voice, we can be a strong force against the radical secular world which has become dominant in our societies.”

    thenation.com/article/archive/

    #TradFamily #TradWives #TrumpIsARussianAsset #AntiWoke #ChristoFacists #ChristoFascism #evangelicals #RabidRight #MAGADeathCult #BigOil #CorporateColonialism #Billionaires

  12. [#Podcast] #LawAndDisorder, September 9, 2024

    #September11, 2001: Lessons Learned And Overlooked

    "It has been 23 years ago this week since the attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York City, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, PA, killing nearly 3,000 people and injuring more than 6,000. On that day, the United States had a choice: The #GeorgeWBush administration could have treated the attacks as a violation of US and international law, launched a criminal investigation, and brought the perpetrators to justice in accordance with the rule of law. Instead, President Bush waged #EndlessWars against #Afghanistan and #Iraq, pushed through Congress the USA #PatriotAct, opened the notorious detention center at #GuantanamoBay which remain to this day, rounded up Muslims and South Asians for #IndefiniteDetention, initiated a wave of #CivilLiberties and #HumanRights violations, and committed wholesale torture against detainees and others.

    "To assess the legacy of 9/11 and the lessons learned and the lessons overlooked, we’ve invited someone who was at the center of Bush’s #WarOnTerror. John Kiriakou is a journalist, former CIA counterterrorism officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former counterterrorism consultant for ABC News.

    "In 2007, Kiriakou blew the whistle on the CIA’s torture program, telling ABC News that the #CIA tortured prisoners, that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy had been approved by President George W. Bush. He knew what he was talking about. In 2002, he was responsible for the capture in Pakistan of #AbuZubaydah, then believed to be the third-ranking official in al-Qaeda.

    "He became the sixth #whistleblower indicted by the #Obama administration under the #EspionageAct of 1917 — a law designed to punish spies. He served 23 months in prison as a result of his revelations.

    "In 2012, the #RalphNader family honored #Kiriakou with the Joe A. Callaway Award for #CivicCourage, an award given to individuals who 'advance truth and justice despite the personal risk it creates.' He won the PEN Center USA’s prestigious First Amendment Award in 2015, the first Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public Interest in 2016, and also in 2016 the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, given by retired CIA, FBI, and NSA officers."

    Listen:
    lawanddisorder.org/category/cr

    #CIASponsoredTerror #CivilRights, #CriminalizingDissent #ExtraordinaryRendition #FreeSpeech #HumanRights #IraqWar #BushAdministraiton #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolation #TargetingMuslims #Torture #WarResister #Whistleblowers #CivilLiberties #CivilLibertiesRadio #EndlessWar

  13. #ChickenHawk #Republicans in the #GeorgeWBush administration made-up the #BigLie of ‘#AmericanExceptionalism.’ But that #StolenValor was based on heroism of globally admired leaders such as #AbrahamLincoln and #DwightEisenhower , who happened to be #Republican Presidents.

    But they only stained the reputation of those historical figures with the now shameful label of the #GOP. 🤷🏻‍♂️ 👉 latimes.com/opinion/story/2023

  14. @GW Very reminiscent of #GeorgeWBush being told by National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice that Al Qaeda was planning to attack the USA with planes, weeks before #September11th. And the #FratBoy did nothing. 🤷🏻‍♂️